Plaited fabric.



A. H. DE VOE.

PLAITED FABRIC.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 11, 1914.

1,164,790. Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

I ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT H. DE VOE, OF WESTFIELD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORL'TO, THE SINGERMANU- FACTURING- COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

PLAITED FABRIC.

Westfield, in the county of Union and Stateof New Jersey, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Plaited Fabrics, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention has for its primary object to provide economically andeffectively a species of mushroom tucking for application to the bosomsof shirts and to other garments.

It has for a further object to provide a means for producing a pluralityof tucks or plaits by means of a single line of stitching.

In its preferred form, the improvement is embodied in a fabric formedupon one face thereof with a plurality of box-plaits of which the basesare connected together and to the adjacent portions of the fabric by asingle fastening seam passing through both plies of each fold of theplait and the body of the fabric. The width of each box-plait preferablyexceeds its distance from the adjacent box-plait, so that each of thecomponent folds is deflected at an angle with the body portion of thefabric and is supported in such position by the contiguous fold of theadjacent box-plait. In some cases the plaited fabric is secured by thedescribed lines of stitching to a second or backing fabric.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of aplaited fabric embodying the present improvements. Figs. 2, 3 and 4 aresimilar views of the plaited fabric with the plaits formed slightlydifferently from those represented in Fig 1.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 3 the body portion a of the fabric is shownprovided with an initial single plait I) followed by a series ofbox-plaits c and succeeded by a final single plait d ad oining a portionof body fabric a. The. initial plait is produced by forming an uncreasedfold in the body of the fabric and applying to the base of the same thefastening seam s penetrating both its overlapped plies and the body ofthe fabric. At a distance less than one-half-the Specification ofLetters ratent.

' Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

Application filed March 11, 1914. Serial No. 823,845.

width of the initial plait from the base thereof, a box-plait isproduced by folding the fabric 1n opposite directions in such manner asto avoid creasing at the free edges and to form tubular plaits ofrounded cross-section, the opposite edges of the boxplait at the basesof its component folds being slightly overlapped and the portion offabric intermediate such folds being stitched thereto by a fasteningseam s passing through each, the seam being completed while thecomponent folds of the box-plait are standing or at substantially rightangles with the body of the fabric, so that the folds have a tendency toretain their shapes and positions under the influence of the line ofstitchings .9. formed and stitched in position similarly to that abovedescribed, and the final single plait is produced in a manner similar tothe initial plait. The plaits are so crowded The adjacent box-plaits aretogether in their tubular form that each pair of adjacent and oppositelydirected plaits rest against each other and are thereby caused tomaintain their upright positions, and the effect of the closely spacedseries of standing plaits is therefore to'practicallv cover the entirearea of the body of the fabric by which they are connected together. Ineach of the figures referred to, the component folds of each box-plaithave their bases doubled over upon the adjacent fabric and superposed toprovide four thicknesses or plies of fabric, which, with the single plyof the middle portion intermediate such folds, receive the fasteningstitches s. As represented in Fig. l, the

bases of the contiguous folds of two adjacent box-plaits are extendedbelow the bases of the other component folds of the same box-plaits;while the contiguous component folds of each of said box-plaits withanother adjacent box-plait have their bases overlapped upon and stitchedto underlying bases of contiguous folds. As represented in Fig. 3, thesuperposing of the bases of the component folds of each box-plait is thesame throughout the series, the base of the left-hand fold beingstitched upon that of the right-hand fold.

In Figs. 2 and 4 the folded portion of the fabric is shown beginning andterminat rounded free extremities disposed between them. In Fig. 2 thecomponent folds of the box-plaits are represented as stitched togetheras shown in Fig. 3, while the manner of stitching together the box-plaitfolds in Fig. 4 is similar to that represented in Fig. 1. In Fig. 4; theprimary or laited fabric a is shown secured to a secon ary or backingfabric 0 by means of the fastening stitches for securing together thebases of the component folds of the box-plaits. It will be observed thatspaces f are formed alternately between the bases of the box-plaits andthe backing fabric 6 which may be utilized for insertion of stay-stripsextending longitudinally of the plaits. With such backing to receive thefastening stitches, it is, however, not essential that the bases of thecomponent folds of the boxplaits should be overlapped and stitcheddirectly together, as they would be suitably connected by the backingfabric if stitched independently to the latter in a manner wellknown.

From the foregoing description, it is evident that the presentimprovement may be considerably varied in the form and arrangement ofthe tucks and the-manner in which they are secured in position, withoutdeparture from the scope of the invention.

Having thus set forth the nature of the invention, what I claim hereinis 1. A fabric having upon one face plaits arranged in a plurality ofpairs of which the component plaits extend oppositely from each otherwith their bases overlapped and secured together by common lines ofstitchmg.

2. A fabric having upon one face thereof plaits arranged in a pluralityof pairs with the component plaits of each pair extended oppositely fromeach other and the adjacent portions of fabric at opposite sides oftheir bases formed in overlapped folds and the portion of fabricintermediate their bases secured to said overlapped folds by lines offastening stitches passing through both of said folds.

'3. A fabric formed upon one face thereof with a plurality of plaitseach having its component plies overlapped and stitched together at andlengthwise of its base and to the base of-an adjacent plait from whichit is oppositely directed.

4. A fabric formed upon one face thereof with a plurality of plaits eachhaving its component plies stitched together at its base i and tothebases of the component plies of an adjacent plait from which it isoppottening seam extending lengthwise thereof.

7 A fabric formed upon one face thereof with a plurality of tubularplaits of rounded form disposed at substantially right angles with thebody of the fabric and arranged in pairs of which the component plaitsare stitched together and to and in overlapping relation with theadjacent portions of fabric by a single fastening seam extendinglengthwise thereof.

8. A fabric formed upon one face thereof with a plurality of plaitsarranged in pairs of which the bases of the component plaits arestitched together and to the adjacent portions of fabric by a singlefastening seam extending lengthwise thereof, in combination with asecond fabric secured to the first-named fabric by said fastening seams.

9. A fabric formed with a plurality of box-plaits exceeding in widththeir spacing apart with the middle portions stitched to' the bases oftheir component standing folds,

and an additional box-plait having its middle portion stitched to thebases of its component folds of which one stands substantially parallelwith those of the other boxplaits and the other fold lies flat upon theadjacent portion of the fabric.

10. In combination with a body fabric, a superposed plaited fabricformed upon one face with plaits arranged in a plurality of pairs withthe component plaits of each pair extended each oppositely from theother, and a portion of fabric adjacent a plait of each of said pairsbeing extended in a fold beneath andstitched to the portion of fabricintermediate the component plaits of said'pair and to the body fabric bya common line of stitching.

11. In combination with a body fabric, a superposed plaited fabricformed upon one face with plaits arranged in a plurality of pairs withthe component plaits of. each meager:

pair extended each opposite1y from the name to this specification, inthepresence of other, and portions of fabric ad acent both two subscribingwitnesses;

of'the p of fabric laits of each of said pairs being extended towardeach other in overlapyed .folds beneath and stitched to the portionALBERT H. DE VOE.

Witnesses HENRY J. MILLER,

intermediate said plaits.

A. KORNEMANN, Jr.

